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The BLS reported this morning: The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.5 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 250.112 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index was unchanged prior to seasonal adjustment.CPI-W is the index that is used to calculate the Cost-Of-Living Adjustments (COLA). The calculation dates have changed over time (see Cost-of-Living Adjustments), but the current calculation uses the average CPI-W for the three months in Q3 (July, August, September) and compares to the... -Calculated Risk

A few excerpts from two BofA Merrill Lynch research notes: Consumer demand pulled back in August Based on the aggregated BAC credit and debit card data, retail sales ex-autos fell 0.5% month-over-month (mom) seasonally adjusted (sa). This reversed the 0.9% mom gain in July. As always, there were a number of "special factors" which we decipher in this note.Amazon Prime Day and other retailers' summer promotions in mid-July provided a significant boost to spending, as we showed last month. In our view, these promotions effectively pulled forward demand... -Calculated Risk

From the Port of Los Angeles: August Cargo Another Record Breaker at Port of Los Angeles For the fifth consecutive month, the Port of Los Angeles has set a new single-month cargo record. In August, the Port moved 861,081 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), the busiest August in the Port’s 112-year history and a 4.2% increase over the same period last year.Eight months into 2019 overall volumes have increased 5.7% compared to 2018, when the Port set an all-time cargo record.…“The final months of 2018 ended with an extraordinary influx of imports to... -Calculated Risk